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Anti-extradition protesters hold umbrellas during a march in Hong Kong on Saturday, August 3, 2019. REUTERS / Kim Kyung-Hoon

After a new day of demonstrations on Saturday, enamelled by demonstrations of force by the police, the Hong Kong people continue their mobilization this Sunday, August 4 to increase their pressure on the local government.

With our special correspondent in Hong Kong, Zhifan Liu

The Hong Kong are again called to go down the streets of their city this Sunday afternoon with the program two separate walks that are planned.

The largest is expected to hit Hong Kong Island from the busy Kennedy Town neighborhood. It is expected to close near Sun Yat Sen Park in the west of the city, not far from the Beijing Liaison Office, where protesters had degraded the PRC emblem two weeks ago. An event experienced as a humiliation by the Chinese government who had, in retaliation, threatened to send his army in the streets of the archipelago if necessary.

The other parade should be organized in the New Territories District, on the mainland of the former British colony.

Before this weekend, the police warned that she would not tolerate that the event routes be changed at the last moment when the participants blocked the traffic lanes.

On Saturday, however, at the end of the official parade in the Mong Kok district , protesters scattered around the arteries, erecting barricades before the police intervened by launching their traditional tear gas.

It is therefore another busy day of action waiting for the Hong Kong people before a general strike scheduled for Monday, a rare event in Hong Kong, but which should be widely followed.

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Support of public opinion

Protesters know that some do not always understand the movement even though they can always count on the support of public opinion:

" We try to make them understand, because some do not realize the malaise of our youth and think we are influenced by foreign forces, says a protester . But I do not think that's the way to describe ourselves, because we have our own way of thinking, our own feelings. Even the doctors , the lawyers and the airline pilots have joined us, and they are very educated, but they are also mobilized. This support is so good, I almost have tears in my eyes. I feel that Hong Kong people support one another. Those who can not be on the front line come to give us money or donate equipment to show their support by whatever means they can. "

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